Let's Help the Earthquake Survivors
Today marks one month since a brutal earthquake hit south-eastern Turkiyë, the likes of which killed over 23,000 Turks and Syrians within four days. Many reports claim the first two quakes (a second one of similar force followed not long thereafter) covered a swath of land big enough to rival Texas in size.
A total of four earthquakes have hit this part of the world between February 6th and February 20, and that includes the first two aforesaid ones.
Suffice it to say, what happened is nothing short of a catastrophe, and one of unprecedented and historic proportions.
No, this has nothing to do with men’s grooming, but those who know us know we do our best to help folks in need.
And when something like this happens, we’ll press pause to help the cause.
Millions of Turks and northern Syrians who survived all four earthquakes are cold, hungry and now homeless. But like we said in our last Best of the Web, hope now pervades these grief-stricken places in the form of non-stop rescue and relief. Here’s one example we published you may have missed: On February 20th, Medecins Sans Frontiers (also known as Doctors Without Borders) announced the arrival of a 14-truck MSF convoy in Northern Syria after yet another earthquake struck both aforementioned nations two weeks after the first one wreaked historic amounts of havoc.
As reported on MSF’s site, the organization has since “supported 38 hospitals and health facilities in Idlib, Azaz, Afrin, Mare’, Bab al-Hawa, and other towns in northwestern Syria with donations of emergency kits, trauma kits, medical supplies and laboratory equipment, medicines, laboratory and medical consumables, and blankets.”
We pledge to send 10% of the proceeds we’ll earn this month to our favourite charity, the World Food Programme. These folks work hard to feed displaced families without food. And so you know, part of that money will also go toward helping Ukrainian survivors of war. We haven't forgotten about them.
This month, when you buy from us, you’ll help feed those families, too.
But if you’d like to help in other ways, here’s one that’s caught the eye of the world:
TakeShelter
Take Shelter was started by a group of five digital activists to help connect displaced disaster survivors with capable hosts who live within close proximities of the damage. Lead by one Avi Schiffmann, a Harvard University student with the heart of a lion, the group also launched Ukraine Take Shelter last year, which helped countless survivors of a war that, like many, begs for an end.
To learn more about what these folks are doing to save lives, go to InternetActivism, a non-profit run by Schiffmann and his intrepid team dedicated to optimizing the speed and overall effectiveness of digital communications during relief efforts.